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Mrs. Austin from Waterloo IA is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Austin's Love Bugs Need Your Help!

Help me give my students what they need to be successful in the classroom.

  • $501 goal

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My Students

Hello, I am a kindergarten teacher with 22 students that come from low social-economical statuses. I currently have 85-90% of my students that qualify for free or reduce lunch. I have a very diverse group of students, and some of my families do not use English as their first language.

I am a new teacher to my district this year, and my classroom needs a few major items.

First, we are in need of headphones for our class's iPads. Second, we are in need of good dry erase boards, not the cheap ones from the dollar store. Lastly, we need some new picture books to fill our class library.

My Project

If you choose to help us, your generous donation will enhance the learning of 22 diverse, little love bugs in my classroom. Our classroom is already full of smiles, and your generous donations will put an even bigger smile on all their faces.

A child can lose themselves in book and headphones would be the perfect addition to my classroom.

The dry erase boards we currently have are cheap, from the dollar store in fact, and are already falling apart. We need more heavy-duty ones to withstand kindergarten. The headphones will aid in reducing the noise level in the classroom that is already filled with 22 kindergarten loud voices.

Mrs. Austin
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
RockPapa On Ear Stereo Headphones Earphones for Adults Kids Childs Teens, Adjustable, Heavy Deep Bass for iPhone iPod iPad MacBook Surface MP3 DVD Smartphones Laptop (Black/Green) • Amazon Business $9.99 30 $299.70
Charles Leonard Dry Erase Lapboard Class Pack, Includes 12 Each of Whiteboards, 2 Inch Felt Erasers and Black Dry Erase Markers (35036) • Amazon Business $21.83 3 $65.49

Materials cost

$365.19

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$25.02

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$425.69

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$75.12

Total project goal

$500.81

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$500.81

11 Donors

-$302.88

Donations toward project cost

-$261.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.13

match offer

-$192.88

Match offer toward project cost

-$163.95

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.93

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.06

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$0.00

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